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Wisla are good, no question about it, and Manolo Cadenas is a top notch coach, possibly the best Spanish coach at the moment. I am still not sure that the Polish team knows what they will be up against in the game. KIF lost a single game this year, against Kiel, at home, where they stood a chance of taking a draw, they were 12 points in the lead in the first half, and they won against all big competitors in Denmark; Aalborg, Skjern, Holstebro and Bjerringbro. Karlsson is said to be back for today, and Bosen playing would not be a surprise as well. Their defensive line is complete, the same that gave no opportunities to Dunquerque in France. Hvidt is a great goalie and I am certain that Nenadic, Jurkiewitz Lijewski and Eklemovic will have big problems penetrating the 6-0 formation that features Boldsen, Laen and Jorgensen.The offered odds are unrealistic and I must bet on the Danes winning considering their score up to now. Details

Zvezda are playing the role of main favorite for the ABA League title, they are really strong in offense and the 73,5 margin seems a bit low, even though Olimpija don't concede a lot of goals. This margin was set according to Olimpija's matches. They have been doing brilliantly defense vise this season, but I don't think defenses will decide this match. Olimpija beat Varese, boosted their confidence, and the coach said they will try to attack, which is exactly what Zvezda would like. I think Zvezda will set their own pace and go over this margin. They went under it recently only against Igokea, but that was their first away game this season. Details

So far Bayreuth showed that they're an excellent home team and they didn't dwell too much on their conclusive loss against Bayern in the previous round. Bavarians were clearly a better team and Bayreuth players were pacing themselves a little. That won't be the case today. They're playing against Oldenburg , who traditionally don't do well in Bayreuth's arena. They've won only one match there in the last three years and that was in the final second three years ago. We shouldn't put too much emphasis on that, of course, but the fact is that Bayreuth coach Predrag Kunic won the championship title with Oldenburg and he knows that team well. He beat today's opponent in April and he had a much weaker team back then. Oldenburg is so far undefeated in the championship, but last weekend at home against Trier they showed a lot of weaknesses and they played very poor defense on Wednesday against Sassari. Bayreuth should have the upper hand at paint. Former Oldenburg player Burrell is a dominant figure under the hoop, they're a typical home team and I think they might have a chance to win this match. Details

Yes, one of the reasons for this bet are excellent goalies in both teams, which can be seen from the game's announcement. However that is not all, another reason is the importance of the duel itself. The clash of the two best placed teams in the league always means more motivation on both sides. Even though the season just began, points won in this duel have some extra weight. I mostly praise the offensive power of Kosice in my announcements, but they don't show it in away games, at least not as much as in home matches. So they only scored more than three goals once, against Trencin when the opponents weren't tuned in as they should be. Banska had a shooter's night only against the offensively driven Poprad. In all other games, five in total, they ended with less than 5.5 goals. Kosice remained under that margin in five games out of six. With all of the above mentioned put together, I expect this in their head to head clash as well. Details

Apollon had a great start to the season. They overran Ilysiakos with great defense, even if the main power of the team should lie in talented shooters. Playmaker Argyropoulos has been leading the physically great Americans and with their great game transition Apollon could create big problems for many teams. Here I see them in a very good position to win against the hosts because they have a big advantage in the paint, where Trepalovac, Wilson and Taylor should dominate and prevail in rebounds. Should they also manage to stop Gagaloudis and Beck, who are not yet fully coordinated with the rest of the team, Apollon will be halfway to victory. As a safer variant, of course, I recommend playing this handicap. Details

Both teams are in great scoring form, which in itself is an enticing fact when betting on over. Luca Toni will be the central man in a three-man offense, and the creative Cassano is making an appearance next to big Amauri, who is still waiting for his first goal. Another good indicator for an over is the fact that both team have significant problems with defense. Parma's first goalkeeper Mirante is absent, which means their young goalie Bajza will play his first minutes, while Verona on the other hand cannot count on their important center backs Maietta and Moras, which will mean Marques will be playing his first minutes in the Serie A. Goals should be in ample supply. Details

These odds simply have no connection to reality. The home team scored four goals in their last six games and on no occasion more than one in a game. They are playing disastrous offense, and their main star is the goalie. That situation led them to start letting offensive players go, so Radivojevic and Demagin got fired prior too this game, both renowned names in the team, but not performing. This can only weaken them. There is nothing nice to say about Anisin either, who is the biggest star of the team.There is talk of terminating the contract in his case as well, the situation does not sound nice, and he is injured too. It is very uncertain that he will play here and one wonders if can he help them at all. Atlant are a top notch defensive team, who have been playing particularly good defense lately. In their last seven games they took three goals on only one occasion, vs the mighty Magnitka. They have a very tough, closed game and lately have not conceded three goals to much stronger teams than the disastrous home team, who have now fired their main offensive players. Considering all that, this sounds like a great bet. Details

Obradovic has turned Fener into a killing machine. They scored 100 against Mersin at the start of this season, then 102 in Kiev (61 in the second half). Their defense isn't at a top level, which is not surprising as they are missing important players (Onan and Karaman). They are hosting a team without the width that they have, but Efes can wreak havoc in offense. Savanovic is stronger than Bjelica, Planinic is better than McCalebb in certain aspects, and we can expect better performance from him than last week, when he wasn't his usual self. Both teams have usually gone over this margin, and I don't see this as a low-scoring event. Not with this Fener and the game they showed at the start. Details

PSV are definitely overrated in terms of odds offer for the Groningen match and there's little reason to believe that the Eindoven team could handle the trip to the north of the Netherlands so easily, getting back with all three points. After a radical rejuvenation and selling several of their top players last summer, PSV have been struggling this season and their only real flash of quality was beating Ajax 4-0. However, if it weren't for the Ajax goalie giving away the first goal, who knows how that match would have ended as it was an even contest up to that point, but that goal shattered the visitors' confidence while lifting the home team.

PSV had some major blunders as well, such as losing to Ludogorec in the Europa League, while in the four away games in the domestic league competition they only managed to beat minnows Den Haag by 3-2. In addition to all that, coach Cocu will field a team without several key players, such as Wijnaldum, Park and Rekik, while several players are still tired after playing for their national teams. The PSV boss himself has said that this will be one of their more difficult away games, considering that Groningen are a typical home team that knows no fear with their supporters behind them.

Groningen already have three home wins this season, as only Ajax scraped through undefeated (1-1), and coach Van de Looi can count on some key returnees up front, such as Zeefuik and De Leeuw. Their defense is their weakest department and therein lies the danger of letting in a cheap goal that could make it hard for them to come back, but our impression is still that the offered odds on the home team to stay undefeated are great value in this situation.
And now, to conclude with an anecdote. Yesterday evening, prior to writing this preview, we met an avid bettor who cursed Barcelona for not beating Osasuna, and then he revealed what he is solely looking for on our website. Quote:

- When it comes to betting, I'm only interested in the big teams in individual leagues and I only bet on their games, nothing else. So, for Netherlands I want to know whether Ajax and PSV will win or not.

There, we've accommodated his request. PSV will not win today... Details

Murcia have been an offense oriented team ever since Quintana took over. Even more so this season after the new signings joined this summer. They scored 93 points against Fuenlabrada in the start. They are usually doing good against Gran Canaria, they beat them here last season, and they scored 78, 91, and 76 points in their last three head to head matches respectively. I expect a good game today as well, Gran Canaria, (who scored 99 points against Laboral away in the first match), seem to be even better than last season, and coach Martinez tried to stick to the concept he established in the last seasons. He had to led Nelson and Toolson go, but replaced them with players if similar quality, and even managed to create a better team. I'll give Murcia more credit than the bookmakers, I'll try go over 72,5 for the visiting team, which is available with numerous bookmakers (Marathon, Bwin, SportingBet, and so on). Details

Ufa can't possibly be the favorite in a match against the best team in the league, who are also, by the way, in a fantastic rhythm. Ufa have a limited defense, and SKA will know how to collect on that. They easily won the match against Magnitka, as well as the one against Traktor, so I see a similar scenario in this match, because Ufa are even weaker than the aforementioned teams. SKA will have the leading role here. The new lines set up by Jalonen seem great, and SKA look intimidating. Ufa are a big name, and in SKA lose this match, they will also lose their first place, so they'll have no trouble in finding motivation. Last season, SKA won in both of their encounters when if consider their H2H, although I believe that this will have no influence here. This is a far too big of a rate on the best team in the league, any you simply have to take it, especially considering the option of the final outcome. Details

Out of three clubs fighting for third place, Mariehamn's chances are the smallest, but not as small as one might think. They have a good schedule and if certain things go their way, they could easily finish in third place and therefore play in Europe. Vaasa have an easy job on paper. They're playing against Jaro, who lost seven consecutive matches, but they're bitter rivals. The best description of that rivalry is the situation from last season. Vaasa let Haka win in the last round in order to knock Jaro out of the league, but Jaro won their match and saved themselves. Therefore, we shouldn't expect an easy win for Vaasa because Jaro would rather lose ten matches than that one. Lahti are playing an away match against Honka. There's no need to get further into this, but Lahti probably won't win. In case their competitors fail, Mariehamn would decide their own fate in the last round when they play against Vaasa. In order to do that, they have to win today. They have an ideal opponent, a team that has nothing to play for and they have a positive score against them. They've beaten them conclusively both times this season, knocked them out of the Cup, and they had excellent results last season too - two wins and a draw. I believe Mariehamn will win today as well because they have that imperative against a team that's already on vacation. Details

The previous matches they've both played at the beginning of the season point out to a lot of faults in the defense in both teams. Bilbao have at home conceded almost 90 against Zaragoza, then a little less than 80 against Cedevita, who aren't exactly an offensive force. Both matches were on 160 points. I won't even mention the clash against Real: Real is another dimension for Bilbao at this point. Fuenlabrada have an older team of five, with point guard Cabezas for whom defense isn't the strongest point, and there are other players here who prefer offense to defense (Feldeine, Panko). Since I see both teams at around 80 points, I think this margin should be followed. Last season, when both of the teams possessed bigger quality in the defense area, they played matches at 172 and 169 points. Details

As Luis Garcia noticed, today in Granada we should not expect an offensive game. The home team is one of the most inefficient teams in the league, but on the other hand, they play a very strong defense, and concede very few goals. After their last defeat, the home team want to win today, but will play cautiously, not to repeat the same thing as in a game against Villarreal, when their numerous errors cost them three goals. You should not expect the visiting team to attack from the very beginning, they would probably be satisfied with a single point, and as the coach said today they need to be patient and wait for an opportunity, and there will not be too many today. Details

Phoenix played a difficult match last night in Anaheim, where they lost after penalty shootout. They played well and had a lot of opportunities which they didn't use and meanwhile they were exhausting themselves. After such exhausting moments they sat on the plane and went home where today they already play another match against the strong Detroit. Against Ducks they had 0/6 power play and Red Wings are even better and tougher in that element. After several mediocre matches they improved and are doing excellent now. A few days ago they won the unbeatable Avs 4-2. Currently they are on away tour and since yesterday they were already in Phoenix, ready and rested for the new win. The offense looks great, everyone is healthy and score a lot lately. Franzen started to do better, Datsyuk is constantly good and Alfredsson, Weiss and Zetterberg are looking for scoring new goals, all of them excellent players. Phoenix don't have such quality and they are extremely exhausted so I will take the final outcome which pays excellent. Details

The offensive capabilities of the team from Florida are overestimated here. They have only gone over this margin twice this season, but with teams that came with an open game plan. Minnesota are not that type of team. They are compact and tough on defense, which is the best part of their team. However, I do not have too much faith in their offense, and that's why I'm not going to pick them to win. Florida are one of the weakest teams in the league, they have a poor offense, which will be even poorer tonight because two important forwards won't play. They will also have to do without team captain Jovanovski. Anyway, Minnesota have a very tough defense and they certainly won't come to Florida with a gung-ho approach. In spite of their loss in their last game against Tampa, they played amazingly well on defense. Florida, due to all their injury problems and their lack of goals, will have a hard time scoring more than two goals against a tough Minnesota side. Details

The preview underlined the fact that Milan rarely beat Udinese in recent years, and even when they did, it was with minimum difference. In addition to this, Allegri's team have been unconvincing this season, only getting through thanks to last-minute goals, the manager is rumoured to get sacked again and they're facing Barcelona's arrival to San Siro this Tuesday. On top of that, Allegri can't count on several key players. The biggest handicap is missing his best strikers Balotelli, El Shaarawy and Pazzini, and playmaker Kaka isn't 100% fit either. The midfield is missing De Jong, and Mexes, Bonera and De Sciglio are lacking in the defence. Rami arrived, but won't be able to play just yet. All in all, Milan is in quite a pickle and Udinese have been getting better and better. Muriel and Di Natale are a dangerous offensive duo and are definitely capable of causing lots of problems for weakened Milan. Details

These two teams played a Cup game about ten days ago, which Aris won despite playing away. Aris will even have the support of their fans today, but I still don't see them as the favorites in this match the way the betting houses are suggesting. The quality level definitely favors PAOK. They are aware of that as well, as all the players mentioned, when talking prior to the match, that they wanted to get some revenge over Aris, since they felt to have been stronger in the Cup game, but just could not make anything happen. In their following games vs Kolossos and Buducnost, PAOK displayed their potential, and a scenario in which they repeat the poor performance from the Cup game is almost unimaginable. As for the influence of the crowd, PAOK guys pointed out that their fans even made them nervous in the first derby, and that led them to play poorer than expected. They should therefore be less burdened today, and that is why I see them as favorites in this match, and I'm taking a handicap as a safety, which is definitely a better option than a clean win for the away team. Details

The odds are at least 0,30 higher then what I expected. Ottawa won the last two games, in the first home game this season, they beat the Devils 5-3. They played the previous matches well despite having lost. We can't say they deserved to lose, they were simply unlucky in some of them. They're doing great now, their scoring got better. Captain Spezza is playing at top level, and he's finally working well with Michalek and Ryan. Each of them scored in the previous match, and Spezza scored three time in the match before that one. Edmonton are a disaster. They can't beat anyone and their game is simply not good enough to stand up to the Senators. They are quite unpredictable, and if they open the match well, they can beat anyone. But that's pretty much the only argument for them in this match, and I expect Ottawa to win easily. Details

Kotwica caused a lot of trouble in the first round for the reigning champions from Zielona Gora but it is evident that Stelmet is not near the level from the last season. The team from Kolobrzeg used that fact in an excellent way but lost in the extra time. However, I think they will have a lot more problems against Slupsk today. The away team are very aggressive in play, they have excellent defensive players on guard positions and they are also physically dominant in the paint. The team is well consolidated under coach Urlep. In the preseason Slupsk won against Kotwica 90-49. Of course, that match is not a valid indicator but already then it was visible how many problems Kotwica have with almost constant pressure of the opponent. The away team have two excellent solutions for each position, they can keep the intensity in the defense throughout the match and I see that as the main reason for their win this evening with around ten points difference. Details